HJNO May/Jun 2020

As executive vice president and chief medical officer for Ochsner Health, Dr. Robert Hart is responsible for overseeing all aspects of physician recruiting and performance, quality improvement and clinical operations within Ochsner’s owned andmanaged hospitals, over 115 urgent care and health centers, and its group practice of more than 1,300 employed physicians in over 90 medical specialties and subspecialties. Dr. Hart received an undergraduate degree from Texas Tech University in Lubbock, Texas, and a medical degree from the University of Texas Medical School in Houston, Texas. He completed an internship and residency at the University of Texas Affiliated Hospitals in Houston. Dr. Hart is board-certified in internal medicine and pediatrics, and has been on the staff of Ochsner Clinic Foundation since 1994. After serving as associate medical director for primary care at Ochsner Medical Center Baton Rouge for seven years, he served as medical director for Ochsner’s Baton Rouge region from August 2008 until December 2014. Dr. Hart was appointed regional medical director of Ochsner Medical Center New Orleans in January 2015, before being named chief medical officer for the health system in 2016.

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